Eldred (Sam) and Margaret Newton's marriage was forged in a honeymoon of misadventure, and that experience, and a commitment to open communication, has seen it last 60 long years.
A $27,000 irrigation system is almost complete at the Ross Creek reservoir dam in Dunedin, a system that should deal with concerns about dryness in the core of the dam.
The forward thinking of Forbury Park Trotting Club members half a century ago shone through last night as the club celebrated 50 years since lights were switched on at the historic track.
The Otago Farmers Market's plans to expand to South Dunedin have been put off until November, after organisers decided there was not enough time to get the market going this summer.
Three vacant senior management roles at the Dunedin City Council are at varying stages of resolution as the 2011 year begins.
Water fountains in the Octagon, Dunedin, should be flowing again next month when the Dunedin City Council repairs a cracked pipe that was causing leaks.
Medicine, and mankind's attempts to keep its members alive and healthy, have resulted in both horror of Frankensteinian proportions and marvel at its most marvellous.
There are various ways to make a television show a sure thing in the success stakes.
The Dunedin City Council is set to spend the next three years developing a wide-ranging response to the problem of climate change, after some alarming warnings about what the future holds.
Until now, in New Zealand at least, Karl Pilkington has inhabited the periphery of comedy fandom, known mostly in this country to the most knowledgeable aficionados who have downloaded his podcasts.
Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium has attracted its first international act, with Sir Elton John booked to perform late next year.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says while he will not be introducing ''radical'' changes to consultation, he wants the council to get more well-informed input before issues get to the decision stage.
Two new contracts won by Delta Utility Services have extended the reach of the Dunedin City Council-owned company around the South Island.
Marion Wheatland is heading to the Antarctic, where she plans to spin wool outside Sir Douglas Mawson's huts. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.
Two helicopters were used yesterday to pick up an ill man in his 80s from the cruise ship Silver Shadow, in the Tasman Sea.
After more than a decade at the helm of the Dunedin City Council, chief executive Jim Harland is about to move on. He tells council reporter David Loughrey the projects completed in that time have made the city a better place, despite their cost.
Sun Princess docked at Port Chalmers yesterday. Based in Australia, it sails mainly from Sydney and Fremantle.
At 260m and 77,000 tonnes, it has a cruising speed of 21 knots and can carry 1950 passengers.
Boxing Day shopping again attracted thousands of bargain hunters to Dunedin shops, with a busy day in the city despite the aftermath of the recession.
The woman killed in a Christmas Eve car crash in Mosgiel knew the driver of a car she was understood to have been following at the time of the crash, Dunedin police said yesterday.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has moved to control the use of certain phrases at the Dunedin City Council table.
